Wild Things:
Life as We Know It
Chewing dinosaurs, climate change, self-sacrificing ants and black bears
- By Amanda Bensen, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Anika Gupta and Sarah Zielinski
- Smithsonian magazine, December 2008
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Additional Sources
"Sauropod Gigantism," P. Martin Sander and Marcus Clauss, Science, October 10, 2008
"Unanticipated consequences of ocean acidification: A noisier ocean at lower pH," Keith C. Hester et al., Geophysical Research Letters, October 1, 2008
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"Carnivores, urban landscapes, and longitudinal studies: a case history of black bears," Jon P. Beckmann and Carl W. Lackey, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Fall 2008
"Primate hunting by bonobos at LuiKotale, Salonga National Park," Marin Surbeck and Gottfried Hohmann, Current Biology, October 14, 2008
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